Patents by Inventor Mark P. Proulx

Mark P. Proulx has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for machining elongate members
    Patent number: 7654379
    Abstract: A system and method for machining an elongate workpiece in a plurality of work cells are provided. The work cells are positioned along a substantially linear process flow path so that the work operations can be performed on different lengthwise portions of the workpiece simultaneously. A transport system advances the workpiece from an infeed system along the process flow path, thereby moving the lengthwise portions of the workpiece successively through the work cells. The transport system includes a plurality of pallets that can be engaged to the workpiece so that the workpiece is supported by the pallets throughout at least part of the machining system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark C. Boberg, Mark P. Proulx, Hugh R. Schlosstein, C. Warren Turner, Gaye Turner, legal representative
  • System and method for machining elongate members
    Patent number: 7334673
    Abstract: A system and method for machining an elongate workpiece in a plurality of work cells are provided. The work cells are positioned along a substantially linear process flow path so that the work operations can be performed on different lengthwise portions of the workpiece simultaneously. A transport system advances the workpiece from an infeed system along the process flow path, thereby moving the lengthwise portions of the workpiece successively through the work cells. The transport system includes a plurality of pallets that can be engaged to the workpiece so that the workpiece is supported by the pallets throughout at least part of the machining system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Mark C. Boberg, Mark P. Proulx, Hugh R. Schlosstein, Gayle L. Turner, legal representative, C. Warren Turner